A new deep-water upper ordovician (Caradocian) trilobite fauna from South-West Wales

Geological Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 243-253

  Fortey, Richard A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atheloptic; Classification; Ordovician; Trilobites; Welsh Basin

Indexed keywords

CARADOCIAN; DEEP WATER; GRAPTOLITE; NEW SPECIES; TRILOBITE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PEMBROKESHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WELSH BASIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

PLATYCALYMENE; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 33646234733     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1042     Document Type: Article

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